Bonefish
Albula vulpes
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Albuliformes
- Family
- Albulidae
- Genus
- Albula
Where to Find
Found in 53 diving areas across 31 countries and 8 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 4 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 4 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 278 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 39 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 5 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 16 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 11 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 11 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 16 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 10 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 14 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 5 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 11 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 38 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 67 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 14 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 42 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 6 records
- Utila, Honduras - 55 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 5 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 78 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 6 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 22 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 10 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 9 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 208 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 4 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 3 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 4 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 6 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records